The South East of England is simply floodedwith very good quality, Sommerso vases from China. They are all exceedingly heavy and measure upwards of 10" in each case. I'm not saying this is one of them, but it is possible, as there's a vast range of shapes, techniques and styles.

Hi Max,havent seen the Chinese ones ( i dont think )Im 99.9% sure this is good c1960s Murano, I just had another look, and it feels 'right'If its Chinese, its very good indeed, and i will eat my crizzle stone

CheersAndy

ps whats that auctioneers name you know thats an expert on 60s glass, whitefriars and the like

Just thought id bump this one up. I saw a similar large vase at a 'posh' antiques fair a few weeks ago,it was signed by the designer, cant remember name!, but the couple on the stall, who had somefantastic glass, said to send a photo to them, ive just sent them the link to this page, so i very much hopethey pop in and have a look. I havent got around to emailing Mandruzatto yet, i will try today.Meantime , any other suggestions welcome. I have no doubt its genuine, circa 60s-80s., and it came with this lovely genuine piece, in the same lot,http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,29035.0.html

Hi Andy I have LP's 20th Century glass and the only one that looks close is Seguso VdA cylindrical vase page 62. Unfortunately I dont have the 'circa Fifties glass' but if it turns out to be Archimedes Seguso It will be very interesting to me as I have never seen this form of his. Still having worked with Poli he was very adept at sommerso.

I agree with you that this is not Chinese, the quality of the sommerso is very high and if the Chinese are capable of producing that quality now then we are all stuffed. It could be a Poli piece the only thing that has me concerned is the finish of the top. That could be the photo's of course.

Of course, as Alex says there are many who could have done it and without a confirmation well, we all have opinions dont we?

I have the second edition of Fifties Glass and she had dropped that image in the new edition. I don't know if that tells you anything. I can't see a similar vase in her Seguso book either, although Seguso did do vases with strapping on the side. It looks like quality to me, but I find sommerso hard to judge now unless I see a top quality one right in front of me.

I've come back to this thread a couple of times as I keep expecting to find out it's something pretty good. Or else I'll stumble across a similar piece in totally unexpected place.